This used .50 caliber Thompson Center Hawken percussion rifle is ready to shoot and will be the prefect rifle for the upcoming hunting season. This rifle is stocked in American black walnut, and trimmed in brass furniture. The stock on the rifle has been sanded and refinished, so the stock has few visible handling marks. The finish on the color case hardened percussion lock and blued barrel is in excellent condition. The bore has been well maintained and is bright. The ramrod has a brass tip to accept 10-32 cleaning and loading accessories. Weight is 8.5 pounds, and with a trigger reach of 14 inches, the rifle is perfectly setup for today's average man size shooter.

The factory blued barrel is .50 caliber, 15/16" octagon, 28" length. The bore is button rifled with a 1 in 48" rate of twist to shoot either a round ball, or a T/C Maxi ball. We recommend our .490" round ball, .015" patch, and Mink Oil tallow patch lubricant, over a charge of 70 grains of GOEX FFg black powder. The front sight is Thompson Center's blued steel bead sight. The rear sight is click adjustable for elevation, and screw adjustable for windage.

The rifle is fitted with a hooked breech to simplify cleaning. To dismount the barrel place the lock at half cock, withdraw the ramrod, drift the wedge key past the underlug with our brass drift #TOOL-KEY-B. Once the wedge key is removed the barrel can be lifted from the stock. Remove the nipple and place the breech end of the barrel in a bucket of soapy water. Run a wet patch down and up the bore, the pumping action will flush all the fouling from the barrel. Once the bore is clean, run a dry patch down the bore to pick up any moisture followed by a oily patch. Dry and oil the exterior then reassemble the rifle.

The color case hardened percussion lock is factory engraved. The lock plate has some finish loss towards the front half of the plate that has aged to a dark brown. The lock functions as it should and clicks nicely into the half and full cock notches. The breech is fitted with a 1/4-28 steel nipple to fire #11 caps.

Double lever double set triggers are well adjusted, to fire set or unset. When the rear trigger is set (latched), the front trigger has a hair-trigger release, perhaps 2 or 3 ounces. The adjustment screw between the triggers allows even finer or coarser adjustment, as desired. Or, turn the screw fully inboard, to disable the set trigger feature, when hunting in very cold weather.

Attractively priced, this Thompson Center Hawken Rifle is in used condition and will be the perfect rifle to carry in the woods this Fall. Order it for a ten day visual inspection. You will be delighted. Else if it does not fit you, return it in unfired condition for same-day refund. Postage is your only risk, when you order any one-of-a-kind gun from Track, whether new, used, or antique.

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